Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a television interview called not to miss the opportunity of the informal meeting , which includes representatives of the Syrian government and representatives of the opposition.

He added that " Moscow has proposed to hold a preparatory meeting in Moscow between representatives of the government and all the opposition factions and with the participation of representatives from Russia the United States and the international envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi , so opponents could understand the reason for their failure in developing a unified approach toward negotiations with the regime".

As for the Geneva conference, Lavrov said that the precondition of the opposition in Assad departuring to participate in Geneva is unrealistic, this infringes the decisions of Geneva-1 , which didn't inclde any preconditions.

Lavrov stressed the need for external influential players in the Syrian crisis to be presented , stressing the need of Iranian and Saudi Arabian participation in this conference.